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Society completes map project; Reproductions offered for research, sale
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Four historic wall maps of Lancaster City and Lancaster County
have been digitally reproduced and are now available for study or
purchase at the Lancaster County Historical Society, 230 N. President
Ave.
The reproductions are of 1858 and 1874 maps of Lancaster City and
1851 and 1860 maps of Lancaster County.
The Ressler Mill Foundation provided a $4,654 grant to digitally
reproduce the maps. The reproductions were created by Lancaster
Ultragraphics Inc. of Landisville.
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